Katie Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 3741912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5389-6320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Rethinking Collective Trauma Through Difference-Attuned Research
This paper rethinks trauma through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic, tracing how eugenic, ableist and other oppressive logics – long embedded in the architecture of modernist life – resurfaced in pandemic policies and systemic responses. Drawing on digital/multimedia stories alongside follow-up interviews with 14 diversely embodied women and nonbinary people, we explore how trauma moved through bodies of difference across the pandemic's official…
Can public-private partnerships drive transformational climate adaptation? Seafood sector pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand
Transformational climate adaptation requires coordinated action across sectors and scales, enabled by governance arrangements that can address systemic barriers. Public-private partnerships (PPP) may provide such a mechanism by aligning incentives, pooling resources and fostering collaboration between government and industry. In this paper, we evaluate a national PPP, The Aotearoa Circle (The Circle), and how it has catalysed climate adaptation i…
Mobilizing Interference as Methodology and Metaphor in Disability Arts Inquiry
This article interrogates the limits and possibilities of interference as methodology and metaphor in video-based research aiming to disrupt ableist understandings of disability that create barriers to health care. We explore the overlapping terrain of diffractive and interference methodologies, teasing apart the metaphorical-material uses and implications of interference for video-makers in our project. Using the digital/multimedia stories creat…
Retaining and supporting employees with mental illness through inclusive organizations
Purpose Although awareness is growing of the importance of employee mental health and the value of inclusive work practices, less is known about how to support employees with mental illness (MI). We aimed to explore organizational strategies and work practices that promote retention and support of employees living with MI in relation to past theory-driven research by building and extending current theory. Design/methodology/approach We adopted a …
Difference-attuned witnessing
In this paper, we interrogate notions of affect, vulnerability and difference-attuned empathy, and how they relate to bearing witness across difference—specifically, connecting through creativity, experiencing the risks and rewards of vulnerability, and witnessing the expression of difficult emotions and the recounting of affect-imbued events within an arts-based process called digital/multi-media storytelling (DST). Data for this paper consists …
Fat Reproductive Justice
In this paper, we explored the experiences of people in larger bodies seeking fertility and/or pregnancy care through a reproductive justice lens, integrating an understanding of weight stigma with an understanding of who has access to reproductive technologies, who is “allowed” to become pregnant, and the discourses that surround pregnancy. We conducted a thematic analysis of the narratives of 17 participants who had been labeled “overweight” or…
Representations of fatness in Parents magazine
The authors investigate bodily pressures targeted at mothers through parenting magazines in a neoliberal cultural context. Theoretically rooted Foucault’s framework of biopower, the authors applied Foucauldian critical discourse analysis to examine messaging related to food and weight in Parents magazine. Findings highlight three key problematic discourses: (a) food practices are moral, physical, and emotional decisions made by mothers; (b) women…
Fear and Distrust Within the Canadian Welfare System
While experiences of fear and distrust have been documented as a part of recipients’ interactions with disability benefits, there have been few attempts to explore how they are shaped by system features and their impact on employment pursuits. The purpose of this article is to unpack how fear and distrust emerge among people with mental illness who have recently entered the welfare system. Using an interpretative qualitative approach, the authors…
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to identify safeguarding concerns for vulnerable adults, including exploring the implementation of safeguarding policy and procedures into practice. This was achieved by reviewing the content of reflective assignments written by pre-registration student nurses, identifying areas of concerns and proposing action plans. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was initially utilised to scrutinise …
To be seen or not to be seen
Photovoice is increasingly lauded as one of a number of emergent research methodologies designed to be empowering for participants. In this paper, we explore the findings from a photovoice study with 15 queer and trans youth in a small urban centre in Ontario, Canada and some of the challenges faced in navigating photovoice ethics when working with a marginalized community that must grapple with dilemmas of visibility and representation in their …
Complicating the Coming Out Narrative
Traditional stage models of LGBTQ identity development have conceptualized coming out as a linear process from "closeted" to "out" that all queer/trans individuals must follow if they are to be considered healthy and well adjusted. These stage models have been critiqued for their rigidity and absence of a dynamic understanding of the coming out process. In this article we explore the findings from a qualitative photovoice study with 15 LGBTQ yout…
Complicating the Coming Out Narrative
Traditional stage models of LGBTQ identity development have conceptualized coming out as a linear process from "closeted" to "out" that all queer/trans individuals must follow if they are to be considered healthy and well adjusted. These stage models have been critiqued for their rigidity and absence of a dynamic understanding of the coming out process. In this article we explore the findings from a qualitative photovoice study with 15 LGBTQ yout…
To be seen or not to be seen
Photovoice is increasingly lauded as one of a number of emergent research methodologies designed to be empowering for participants. In this paper, we explore the findings from a photovoice study with 15 queer and trans youth in a small urban centre in Ontario, Canada and some of the challenges faced in navigating photovoice ethics when working with a marginalized community that must grapple with dilemmas of visibility and representation in their …
Difference-attuned witnessing
In this paper, we interrogate notions of affect, vulnerability and difference-attuned empathy, and how they relate to bearing witness across difference—specifically, connecting through creativity, experiencing the risks and rewards of vulnerability, and witnessing the expression of difficult emotions and the recounting of affect-imbued events within an arts-based process called digital/multi-media storytelling (DST). Data for this paper consists …
Fat Reproductive Justice
In this paper, we explored the experiences of people in larger bodies seeking fertility and/or pregnancy care through a reproductive justice lens, integrating an understanding of weight stigma with an understanding of who has access to reproductive technologies, who is “allowed” to become pregnant, and the discourses that surround pregnancy. We conducted a thematic analysis of the narratives of 17 participants who had been labeled “overweight” or…
Fear and Distrust Within the Canadian Welfare System
While experiences of fear and distrust have been documented as a part of recipients’ interactions with disability benefits, there have been few attempts to explore how they are shaped by system features and their impact on employment pursuits. The purpose of this article is to unpack how fear and distrust emerge among people with mental illness who have recently entered the welfare system. Using an interpretative qualitative approach, the authors…
Retaining and supporting employees with mental illness through inclusive organizations
Purpose Although awareness is growing of the importance of employee mental health and the value of inclusive work practices, less is known about how to support employees with mental illness (MI). We aimed to explore organizational strategies and work practices that promote retention and support of employees living with MI in relation to past theory-driven research by building and extending current theory. Design/methodology/approach We adopted a …
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to identify safeguarding concerns for vulnerable adults, including exploring the implementation of safeguarding policy and procedures into practice. This was achieved by reviewing the content of reflective assignments written by pre-registration student nurses, identifying areas of concerns and proposing action plans. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was initially utilised to scrutinise …
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to identify safeguarding concerns for vulnerable adults, including exploring the implementation of safeguarding policy and procedures into practice. This was achieved by reviewing the content of reflective assignments written by pre-registration student nurses, identifying areas of concerns and proposing action plans. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was initially utilised to scrutinise …
To be seen or not to be seen
Photovoice is increasingly lauded as one of a number of emergent research methodologies designed to be empowering for participants. In this paper, we explore the findings from a photovoice study with 15 queer and trans youth in a small urban centre in Ontario, Canada and some of the challenges faced in navigating photovoice ethics when working with a marginalized community that must grapple with dilemmas of visibility and representation in their …
Complicating the Coming Out Narrative
Traditional stage models of LGBTQ identity development have conceptualized coming out as a linear process from "closeted" to "out" that all queer/trans individuals must follow if they are to be considered healthy and well adjusted. These stage models have been critiqued for their rigidity and absence of a dynamic understanding of the coming out process. In this article we explore the findings from a qualitative photovoice study with 15 LGBTQ yout…
Fear and Distrust Within the Canadian Welfare System
While experiences of fear and distrust have been documented as a part of recipients’ interactions with disability benefits, there have been few attempts to explore how they are shaped by system features and their impact on employment pursuits. The purpose of this article is to unpack how fear and distrust emerge among people with mental illness who have recently entered the welfare system. Using an interpretative qualitative approach, the authors…
Representations of fatness in Parents magazine
The authors investigate bodily pressures targeted at mothers through parenting magazines in a neoliberal cultural context. Theoretically rooted Foucault’s framework of biopower, the authors applied Foucauldian critical discourse analysis to examine messaging related to food and weight in Parents magazine. Findings highlight three key problematic discourses: (a) food practices are moral, physical, and emotional decisions made by mothers; (b) women…
Difference-attuned witnessing
In this paper, we interrogate notions of affect, vulnerability and difference-attuned empathy, and how they relate to bearing witness across difference—specifically, connecting through creativity, experiencing the risks and rewards of vulnerability, and witnessing the expression of difficult emotions and the recounting of affect-imbued events within an arts-based process called digital/multi-media storytelling (DST). Data for this paper consists …
Fat Reproductive Justice
In this paper, we explored the experiences of people in larger bodies seeking fertility and/or pregnancy care through a reproductive justice lens, integrating an understanding of weight stigma with an understanding of who has access to reproductive technologies, who is “allowed” to become pregnant, and the discourses that surround pregnancy. We conducted a thematic analysis of the narratives of 17 participants who had been labeled “overweight” or…
Mobilizing Interference as Methodology and Metaphor in Disability Arts Inquiry
This article interrogates the limits and possibilities of interference as methodology and metaphor in video-based research aiming to disrupt ableist understandings of disability that create barriers to health care. We explore the overlapping terrain of diffractive and interference methodologies, teasing apart the metaphorical-material uses and implications of interference for video-makers in our project. Using the digital/multimedia stories creat…
Retaining and supporting employees with mental illness through inclusive organizations
Purpose Although awareness is growing of the importance of employee mental health and the value of inclusive work practices, less is known about how to support employees with mental illness (MI). We aimed to explore organizational strategies and work practices that promote retention and support of employees living with MI in relation to past theory-driven research by building and extending current theory. Design/methodology/approach We adopted a …
Rethinking Collective Trauma Through Difference-Attuned Research
This paper rethinks trauma through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic, tracing how eugenic, ableist and other oppressive logics – long embedded in the architecture of modernist life – resurfaced in pandemic policies and systemic responses. Drawing on digital/multimedia stories alongside follow-up interviews with 14 diversely embodied women and nonbinary people, we explore how trauma moved through bodies of difference across the pandemic's official…
Can public-private partnerships drive transformational climate adaptation? Seafood sector pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand
Transformational climate adaptation requires coordinated action across sectors and scales, enabled by governance arrangements that can address systemic barriers. Public-private partnerships (PPP) may provide such a mechanism by aligning incentives, pooling resources and fostering collaboration between government and industry. In this paper, we evaluate a national PPP, The Aotearoa Circle (The Circle), and how it has catalysed climate adaptation i…
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Participatory Visual Research Methods (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Mental health (3 works)